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No. 743,009. PATENTED NOV. 3, 1903.

A. H. MILLER & F. A. ENGLAND.

GROCERS BIN.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31, 1903.

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No. 743,009. PATENT'ED NOV.- 8, 1903. A. H. MILLERAK; A. ENGLAND.

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UNITED STATES Patented November 3, 1903,

PATENT ()FFICE.

ALEXANDER H. MILLER AND FRANK A. ENGLAND, OF PHILADELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIA.

GROC-ERS BIN.

elnCIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 743,009, dated November 3, 1903.

' Application filed July 31, 1903. $erial No. 167,663. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALEXANDER H. MIL- LER and FRANK A. ENGLAND, both citizens of the United States, residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have jointly invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grocers Bins, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention has relation to a bin adapted for use by grocers, pharmacists, or other trades people, and in such connection it relates to the construction and arrangement of such a bin.

The principal object of our invention is to provide in a bin, in conjunction with the front wall thereof, a display-front arranged to fit into and interlock with the front wall of the bin, said display-front being removably secured to the front wall of the bin proper and having a display-compartment entirely separated from the bin-compartment by the front wall of said bin. 7

The nature and scope of our invention will be more fully understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevational view ofa bin and its bin chamber or casing embodying main features of our invention. Fig. 2 is a central cross-sectional view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the front wall of the bin with the display-front removed therefrom, and Fig. 4. is a perspective view of-the display-front removed from the binandillus: trating its interior construction and arrangement. r

In the drawings our invention is illustrated as applied to a tilting bin, although it will be understood that it may also be applied to a sliding or even to a fixed bin without departing from the spirit of our invention.

Referring to said drawings, (It represents the bin chamber or casing, in which a bin 1) is pivotally supported, as at b, to oscillate in said chamber or casing a, as clearly illustrated in full and dotted lines in Fig. 2. The front wall 17 of the bin 1) is provided on its front face with a beading 0r molding b forming a central countersunk portion 12 While this manner of securing the central countersunkportion b is preferable by reason of its simplicity, yet, if desired, the front face 12 of the bin 1) may be sufficiently thick to permit of the countersunk portion 19 being out directly therein. The lower edge 12 of this countersunk portion b is preferably downwardly beveled, while the remaining edges are straight. Into this countersunk portion 12 of the front wall a of the bin 1) is arranged to fit and interlock the rear face of a display-front d. This display-front d has its front face (1 preferably downwardly and inwardly projecting to form a swell front, and the upper portion of this swell front is open, and by preference this opening in the swell front is glazed, as at d Back of the glass (1 is. fitted a removable false back (i having ateither side a bolt or suitable locking means at, engaging one of a series of slots 01 in the sides of the interior of the swell front (1, asillustrated in Fig. 4.. The space between the false back d and glazed front d is utilized to receive samples of the goods to be displayed. The goods when once placed in thisspace are hermetically sealed by the surroundng walls of the back or rear face of the display-front d, as well as by the front wall 19 of the bin proper, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4. The lower or inwardly-projecting portion of thefront face of the swell front d is beveled, as at d, to dovetail or interlock with the lower edge b of the countersunk portion 5 of the bin-front b From the upper rim or edge of the swell front d projects a screw or similar fastening (1 arranged to traverse the front face 12 of the bin 12 and to be engaged by a thumb-nut d or similar locking means arranged to be operated from the interior of the bin proper.

While this fastening and locking means is preferable in tilting or sliding bins where the interior of the bin is readily accessible, yet in stationary bins it may be desirable to reverse this arrangement by making the screw or fastening 01 project from the bin-front b trav erse the display-front d, and be engaged by a locking means (i outside or in front of said display-front d.

The false back d rests on its lower edge upon a block e, fitted into the interior of the display-front, sothat the back Z will be supported adjacent to the glazed portion d in substantial parallelism therewith. The false back (1 may be moved on this block 6 toward or away from the glazed portion d to decrease or increase the display-space and when set in proper proportion is locked by permitting the bolts 01 to engage the proper slots 01 in the interior of the swell front.

The advantages of our present invention are manifold. Thus, for instance, the swell or display front d may be quickly and easily removed from or secured to the bin-front Without disturbing the contents of either the bin or of the display-front, or, if desired, the display-front may be removed and its false back quickly removed to change the contents of the display-front. When once in position upon the bin the contents of the display-front are protected from dust, dirt, accidental disarrangement,and deterioration,being, as heretofore described, completelyisolated from the bin proper and from the external atmosphere. If the bins b are to be used without a displayfront d, it is an easy matter to remove and store said display-front (1 without disturbing it contents, so that when again required the display-front 01 may again be secured to the bin. The adjustability of the false back d permits of the economical use of materials for display according either to the bulk or value of said materials.

Having thus described the nature-and object of our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A bin having a front wall and a displayfront removably secured to said wall.

. 2. A bin having a countersunk front wall and a display-front interlocking in the front wall and detachably secured thereto.

'3. Abin having a front wall provided with 'a central countersunk portion anda displayfront having its rear face interlocking with and detachably secured in said countersunk portion of the front wall.

4. Abinhavingits frontwallprovided with a countersunk portion, the lower edge of which is inwardly beveled and a display-front having the lower edge of its rear face complementally beveled to interlock or dovetail with the inwardly-beveled edge of said countersunk portion, in combination with means for removablysecuring the upper edge of said display-front to said front wall of the bin.

5. A bin havinga front wall, a display-front projecting beyond said front wall and detachably secured thereto, and a false back arranged within the display-front adjacent to the front wall of the bin.

6. Abin having a front wall, a display-front detachably secured to said front wall, a ledge arranged in the interior of said display-front, and a removable false back supported upon said lodge in parallel relationship with the face of the display-front.

7. A display-front arranged to be removably secured to a bin, said front having a glazed face and a false back, in combination with fastening means on said false back arranged to detachably engage a series of slots in the interior of the display-front to thereby vary the space between said back and the glazed front of the bin.

8. The combination with a bin arranged to oscillate or tilt in its chamber or casing and having a front wall, of a display swell front removably secured to the front wall of said bin.

9. The combination with a bin arranged to oscillate or tilt in its chamber or casing and having a countersunk front wall, of a displayfront having a glazed face and a false back to form a space for the reception of the goods to be displayed, said display-front arranged to interlock in the countersunk front wall and to be detachably secured therein, whereby the countersunk front wall of the bin seals the rear face of said display-front, as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our signatures in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ALEX. H. MILLER. FRANK A. ENGLAND.

Witnesses:

J. WALTER DOUGLASS, THoMAs M. SMITH. 

